Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1582, John Evans, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Evans, John Mary
W 1582
B.L.Wt. 27000 160-55
CONTENTS
he died May 23 1837
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SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Evans, John Mary
W 1582
B.L.Wt. 27000 160-55
CONTENTS
he died May 23 1837
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Letter to B d Auditor H. J. C. Jones. 18 th Oct 1838.
Letter to B: Audubon 19. Oct 1838
Dear
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838. from 4 Sept 1835 to the 23 rd May 1837, the day he died age notified 3. Nov 1838
Letter to Hon Green Adams 23 Dec 1847
Letter to E. Smith with sons Nov. 7; 1849 — — —
Kentucky 26.86
John N. Evans
of [illegible] Co, in the State of [illegible] who was a [illegible] in the Company commanded by Captain [illegible] of the [illegible] commanded by [illegible] in the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Sept 10th 1888 25° 0' 6" 1/2
Inscribed on the Pools of Kentucky at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension showed the 20 th day of June 1911 for J. S. ... H. R.
    Arrears to the 1 st of Feb 30  86.00    Semi-ann. allowances ending 4 th Apr  13.33     93.33    
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by
Book
Vol.
Page
Clerk,

636 Kentucky.
Mary Evans widow of John Evans
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Virginia Natl
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Aug t 1851 and sent to
Hon. D. Breck House of Reps.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 29 1848, Page 173 Vol. 1 July Book 2
Ripley
let to Wm D Breck Aug 17
1850
Letter to Hon D. Breck September 18. 1850
Hon J M Elliott
Feb 7. 1854
let E. Smith March 9/54

126989  St. Lawrence
of May 10
Mary Bryan wid. John Bryan Paris.
Ent. 7000 sp.
{
Rev a war
Rev a pensioned
July 28-1836
W. Adams 220
Boyle
P
W. H. Randall
St. — Jr.

31.246
John Evans Kentucky
for 1781 p 8 - $ 26 \frac{66}{100}
canals allays in above
Hon. J. Love H R Hon. J. Love

State of Kentucky Land bounty 3 rd set
On this day of Dec June 1834 personally appeared before the judge of the Land circuit, in open court, John Evans, owner of said bounty aged 79 years, who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832. He states that he entered the service of the United States in the Revolution, as as a volunteer under Genl Thomas Carlin (an Irishman) in February 1781 in Henry County Virginia, about about 5 miles from the North Carolina line. They encamped just over the line in N.C. in Sunny Co. in the last of February 1781 or the first of March & a little before the Battle at Guilford, there were 40 odd men in his company. Some of their names he still recollects (Towne, Griffin, Hampton, Bird, Walstead, Swilavan &

Christian. His capt was by the name of Headpeeth, but he did not continue long with them, and he served out the balance of his service man. The last of record. His capt Phillips was with them some times, His service was performed on horse back, and they were called Rangers or mounted Infantry, and ranged the country about the Adkin River, and little Adkins in Henry County, Millsboro, & Guilford, and in the Mountains in Henry County Va.
They were more particularly engaged after the Tories, some of whom they caught. One they caught in Henry Co. by the name of Tate who took him to Richmond Henry Co. He one Sunday evening, and Col. Shepherd being there, so soon as he saw him drew his sword & struck him and wounded him, He states that he was in acutal service as a ranger. of record from some time in February up to until some time in July the same year. being not up than five months. He did not enter the service for any

particular time but to continue as long as was necessary; He returned home several times during his service to get Clothing &c but his service was our Service Service, under the same Officer continued, and he deems it all one term of Service, he was discharged by his said Last term in July aft d for the whole Service, In the next month August of the same year (1787) He volunteered under the same Officer and Marched to York Town via thro, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Charlotte V a When they arrived at York his new  place Company was added to a Company commanded by James Potter. His Major was by the name of Waller, Adjutant, named Voile, The Col o he believes was by the name of Lucker Lucker, Randal Wall, Serg t & was afterwards discharged, During this tour he was at the Siege of York When & when Cornwallis was taken, as as he believes on the 19 th of Oct r 1781.

He was discharged some time after the Siege, and returned home which placed he reached sometime in December, being sick he was about the last of his company getting home, of those who returned at all He was in actual service not less than four months, this time. In answer to interrogatories put by the Court. he Says he was born in Caroline County, Va in the year 1765. and was not quite 15 years old when he first entered the line Service, was raised up in the Mountains and used to horse ships & his gun, As He has no record of his age, After the Revolu- tion he moved to East Tennessee, Hawkins Co., from then to Lincoln Co. Kentucky. & he now lives in Laurel Co. Kentucky, He volunteered each of his towns, & sec? discharges from his officers, from Sent Caroline the first, the other from his list d after the Siege of York, they are both lost, He was acquainted with General Washington & Lafayette, of the

regular army. I cannot discover He refers to John Pearl Lawrence Hansel & Genl William Smith of Rock Castle County, for his character, there is no clergyman living in his neighbor- hood, neither is he sufficiently acquainted with any clergyman in this County to obtain from them the certificate required by the Department of War. He has no valid evidence of his services knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services, He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension or an annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the roll of the Agency of any State what- ever from & subscribed this day & year aforesaid John Evans
Thomas Robertson, a clergyman, came into Court and testified upon oath that he had been acquainted with the character of the Applicant for 9 or 10 years, tho' he did

not live in his neighbourhood, and from his knowledge of the applicant he would have no doubt as to his veracity, and has no doubt, but he knew or stated in his declaration, Genl. William Smith of Rockcastle County and John G. Evans came into Court, and being duly sworn state upon their oaths that they have been acquainted with the applicant about 30 years, that they have so heard him speak of his service in the Revolutionary War many years ago and that they have no doubt he served as he states in his declaration that he is a man of truth & moral character, that it is reported & believed in his neighbourhood that he was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states.
And the said Court certifies that that is that it is the opinion of the Court, after propounding the questions

required by the Department of War and the investigation of the whole matter, that the said Applicant was absent from the Revolution and served as he states, and further certify that the aforesaid Writings are Orderable Persons -
State of Kentucky Laud County 3 rd set
J. Sol. Pitman Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County aforesaid. do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding in the matter of the application of John Evans for a pension and further certify that these two sheets were attached by me.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 5 th day of June 1834.
J. Sol. Pitman Clerk

No 749 Mary Evans widow of
John Evans dec. died 29 July 1846 Sacred County Ky.
Memo 1797
admitted 26 th 1/2 pm 14 March 1848
Submitted by Mr Brett E. H. Reps.
Hon D. Bruck House of Reps

State of Kentucky
Laurel County ss.
On this twentieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally app. and before the undersigned a Justice of the County Court of Laurel County, a Court of record, Mary Evans, a resident of Laurel County and State of Kentucky, aged Seventy two years, who being duly sworn, accordingly to law, doth, on her Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed the 29 th day of July 1848. That she is the widow of John Evans late of Laurel County Kentucky, who was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832, she does not recollect the amount of service performed by her deceased husband, or under whom or where, but that he was placed on the pension roll under the act of Congress aforesaid, at the rate ($26.66 2 ) Twenty Six dollars and sixty six Cents per annum and she refers to the evidence, on file in the pension office, upon which he was pensioned, to sustain this her application - She further declares that she was married to the said John Evans on the 30 th day of March in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety Seven, that her husband the aforesaid John Evans died on the 23 rd day of May in the year eighteen hundred and thirty seven; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the Second of January, eighteen hundred and 48 , at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension
her Mary Evans
Mark known to and subscribed on the day and year first above written I further Certify that Mary Evans, the applicant above is unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity.
Daniel B. Linville J.P.

Also on this twentieth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and fifty personally appeared before the undersigned, the undersigned in the person of John Bristle and John Evans who are persons entitled to Credit, and being known according to law did each and severally depose and say that Mary Evans who has known to and subscribed the foregoing declaration is the widow of John Evans late of said County & State, who was a pensioner of the United States, as set forth in said declaration, that the said John Evans deceased died in Laurel County & State aforesaid on the 23 d day of May eighteen hundred and thirty seven, that the said Mary Evans has remained ever since, and still remains a widow, known to and subscribed before me this 20 th day of July 1850
John Bristle John Evans
Quid Pro
Daniel B. Linville N. 3
State of Kentucky, Laurel County, Set.
William H. Randall Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do Certify that Daniel B. Linville before whom the foregoing declaration and depositions were taken and made and who has thereunto affixed his signature is a Justice of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified, and his said signature genuine.
In testimony of which I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court at Laurel Kentucky this 20 th July 1850.
W. H. Randall Clk

126989
Mary Evans wid John Evans
Laurel Co. Ky
Forwarded by W. H. Randall Lindsey Ky

State Of Kentucky Second County      ss
On this 13 th day of April 1855. before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Mary Evans aged about 76 years who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the Widow of John Evans deceased late of Laurel County and State Of Kentucky who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832, that her said husband was in the receipt of a Pension of Twenty six dollars and sixty six Cents per Annum ($26.66 2/3 ) at the time of his death, She further states that she has forgotten the names of his officers, and has no records at her command by which she can ascertain their names. - And that she is the identical Mary Evans to whom a Certificate of Pension was issued on the day of                      for Twenty six dollars and sixty six Cents per Annum and which is now in her possession.
She states that she was married to the said John Evans dec d . on the      day of March 1797 in Lincoln County Kentucky by One Thomas Shelton a Baptist Preacher, that her husband the said John Evans departed this life on or about the 23 rd day of May 1837 and that she has never been married but is and was the widow of said John Evans deceased on the 3 rd day of March 1855.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she is entitled under the act of March 3 rd 1855 never having received any bounty land for said service. - She refers to the papers on file in the War Department at Washington City Constituting the application of her said husband

for a Pension, she also refers to the papers on file constituting her own application for Pension, and upon which her Pension was granted her
Mary Evans mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above named, and on the same day personally came before me John Bristle and Nathaniel Southard residents Laurel County Kentucky to me known as credible witnesses, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally acquainted with Mary Evans who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration, and that from the appearance of the applicant, and their personal acquaintance with her they believe that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. That they are dis- interested in the claim and reside at the place above named
John Bristle Nathaniel Southard
Sworn to and subscribed before me, and I certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecution, and I believe that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be.
John Lewis P. H. He
The Comms inform of Pensions will forward my land war- rant to W. H. Randall London Eng.
Witness
Mary Evans mark
John Bristle

State of Kentucky § Laurel County        § ss.
I Charles B Farris Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that John Jones Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, and who has therunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have therunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 23 d day of April 1855
C B Farris Clerk

Hanford R. July 13
I -
W H Randall Esqr London Laurel country

Know all men by these presents That we John Evans and Thomas Vaughan are held firmly bound unto James G. Arant Esquire Governor of Kentucky in the sum of fifty pounds to current money the pay- ment whereof to be made to the said Governor & his successors we bind our- selves our heirs &c firmly by these presents sealed with our seals & dated this 29 th day of March seventeen hundred & ninety seven
The condition of the above  other obligal con: is such that whereas there is a Marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between the above boun- d John Evans & Mary Price
For which a license has issu- ed Now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct said Marriage then this obligation to be void else to remain in full force sealed & delivered } John Evans & Thomas Vaughan
In presence of Duff. Green
Thereupon a license issued from the clerks office of the Lincoln county court for a Marriage between the said John Evans & Mary Price
The following is the return made by Thomas Chilton a Minister of the Gospel to wit The rites of Matrimony celebrated between John Evans & John Evans & Mary Price March 30 th 1797
Thomas Chilton

Kentucky Lincoln county to wit I Thomas Helm clerk of the Lincoln County court do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the bond executed by John Evans with Thomas Vaughan his security for a License for a Marriage between John Evans and Mary Price & also a copy of the return made by Thomas J. Shelton a Minister of the Gospel of the solemnization of the rites of Matrimony between the said John Evans & Mary Price transcribed from the records of my office For Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this 13 th day of July 1850
Thomas Helm clerk Lincoln County court

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. Soldier of the information as pension on file
W.M. Am
March 5, 1924.
Clarence Pettigrew, 219 W. 5th Ave., Pine Bluff, Ark.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1582 , it appears that John Evans was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1765. He enlisted in Henry County, Virginia, in February 1781 and served 5 months as a private in Captain Headspeth's Company, Colonel Phillips' Virginia Regiment. He enlisted in August 1781 and served 4 months in Captain James Poteete's Company, Colonel Tucker's Virginia Regiment and was at the siege of York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 5, 1834, while a resident of Laurel County, Kentucky. He died there May 23, 1837.
He married in Lincoln County, Kentucky, March 30, 1797, Mary Price. She was allowed pension on her application executed July 30, 1850, while a resident of Laurel County, Kentucky, aged 72 years.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

FILE BULL. VLN. 1565b3m10-08 1565b3m10-08
In request of _____, received the military history of John Evans REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired contained in his and (for his widow's) applications for pen- in this Bureau. W. 15-82 
   MONTH OR YEAR OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1781 5 mos. Pri. Headspeth Phillips Va.   Aug. 1781 4 James Poteet Tucker  
Battles engaged in, Siege of York. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Henry Co. Va. Date of application for pension, June 5, 1834. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Laurel Co. Ky. Age at date of application, Born 1765, Caroline Co., Va.  in Lincoln Co. Ky. 
Remarks: Soldier married March 30, 1797, Mary Price.  in Laurel Co. Ky. He died May 23, 1837, and she was allowed pension on her application executed July 20, 1850, while 72 yrs. old and a resident of Laurel Co. Ky.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1776 To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Please send me the Military Record of
John Evans, Harrisburg, Pa. a soldier in the War of the Revolution Private in the Virginia Continental Line, and for his service he received a Pension as a Revolutionary Soldier of Virginia, living out of the State, 1835. He died in Laurel CO. KY.
He was my grand-father four times removed.
Louis P. Barnett 603 Providence Rd.
Columbia
Missouri.

107 Fourth Street Frankfort, Ky.
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I would appreciate very much your giving me any information you have as to the Revolutionary Record of John Evans of Laurel or Breathitt County Kentucky. He was my great great grandfather,
Very Sincerely,
M. S. Hume

1913, August 12, History to M. S. Hume. Fr.
1923- July 9 - Hist. to Lucia P. Barnett - mmr F.
1924, Mch. 5 - Hist. to Clarence Pettigrew. See let. in case of John Evans S.8444. AM.
Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
15-82
May Evans.
Widow.
John Evans. Pa. Rev. War.
Act:
July 29, 1848.
Index:—Vol.
2
Page
221

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Octo. 21, 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The Widow of John Evans a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Twenty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1835 to the 23. May 1837, day he died.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

St. Vernon Ky Oct 9/49
Sir: Please inform me what act for year John Evans of this County (Perhaps he filed his papers in Laurel - His widow married in 98" Is she un- braced by the act of '48 - the last act. xys p after  his  death Marriage to 1800

M c Vernon 13/00 8
Free
J. L. Edwards (Pension Office) Mount 3 Washington Certs
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Dr. Sir,
Mary Evans, widow of John Evans, Revolutionary Pensioner, was a few days, since placed upon the Pension roll from Ky- & the certificate sent to me - I desire to know from what County she trails - & if it appears in the papers, what Gentleman forwarded them to me - if so forwarded - most respectfully J. Breck
H. Prof. August 16/50.
Committee of Pensions

J. M. Elliott
For the pension office Washington City
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20. 10 Stephens
File

Washington City Feb 28 th 1822
I have the honor to be a gentleman of your Excellency's standing and respect and I believe I have the honor to be Sir, with the most respect your obedient servant
3 rd Andrs Feb 2 nd

Washington City Jan 28 th 1856
I herewith transmit a letter from one of my constituents making certain enquiries as to pension claims please make the proper examination and write to me
Yours
John N. Elliott